Lynn, who has been established as the object of affection for both Victor and Jeff, becomes obsessed with keeping the money at any cost, and as she morphs into a truly shocking antagonist in the story, we begin to root for the criminal to get his money back.

Just as the audience is beginning to think the criminal is the villain of the story, the plot shifts gears and turns the three friends against each other over the cash and how to handle their pursuer. A desperate criminal (played by John Cusack in an understated performance) is looking for the money that he dropped out of a plane, and just when he thinks it’s all lost for good, he encounters the three young adults who’ve found his stash. In Blood Money, three childhood friends – Victor (Ellar Coltrane), Lynn (Willa Fitzgerald), and Jeff (Jacob Artist) – have all grown up and developed complicated relationship statuses with each other, and they decide to take a camping trip to rekindle friendly feelings, but when they find millions of dollars in cash in duffle bags floating in the river, their lives take an unfortunate turn for the worse. In fact, at the end of some rainbows there’s a very heavy price to pay for a sack full of cash. Review: At the end of every rainbow isn’t always a pot of that 14K. Synopsis: Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white-collar criminal hell bent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. This is a standard and forgettable thriller that I can’t really recommend. Blood Money is very disappointing from a director I’m normally a huge fan of.

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